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AUSSIE MILLIONS 2013: PLAYERS TO WATCH<br />
DANIEL NEGREANU<br />
One of the friendliest and most recognizable<br />
players in the game the Canadian professional<br />
known as “Kid Poker” has been a firm fixture on the<br />
live circuit since 1997. As famous for his outspoken<br />
views as much as for his outgoing personality and<br />
impressive tournament record Negreanu is a firm<br />
fan favorite.<br />
With an impressive 51 WSOP cashes that include 26 final tables, Negreanu<br />
has won four bracelets in pot limit hold’em, limit hold’em and SHOE. Add this<br />
to two WPT titles, <strong>18</strong> WPT cashes that include eight final tables and three EPT<br />
final tables for career tournament earnings of over US$16.1 million and you can<br />
see why Negreanu currently sits 2nd in poker’s all-time money list.<br />
While he has yet to make his mark at the Aussie Millions Negreanu has had<br />
some success in Australia, final tabling the 2010 AU$6,000 APPT in Sydney, so it<br />
is likely just a matter of time before he enjoys some success in Melbourne.<br />
JASON MERCIER<br />
First exploding on the international poker<br />
scene after taking down the 2008 EPT Sanremo<br />
for over US$1.3 million, US poker pro Jason<br />
Mercier is a force to be reckoned with on the live<br />
tournament circuit.<br />
Currently second in the rankings on<br />
the global poker index, just behind Bertrand<br />
Grospellier, the Florida native has earned over US$100,000 so far in 2012 with a<br />
final table at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in January (he final tabled the<br />
same event in 2011) and a deep run at the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star in March.<br />
This comes on the back of an incredible 2011 where Mercier earned his<br />
second WSOP bracelet and cashed in four other WSOP events, took down<br />
the NAPT Mohegan Sun US$10,000 High Roller, won the EPT Champion of<br />
Champions Grand Final in Madrid, went on several deep runs at the WSOPE and<br />
won the US$100,000 High Roller at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Classic.<br />
Mercier’s other notable results are too numerous to mention but include<br />
an EPT Barcelona final table, an NAPT final table, 2 WSOPE final tables and an<br />
EPT London win. This brings Mercier’s career tournament earnings to over<br />
US$7.6 million and while he has yet to bag himself a title on Aussie soil the<br />
time cannot be far off.<br />
DAVID STEICKE<br />
A Hong-Kong based commodities trader<br />
originally from Australia, Steicke is one of the<br />
Asia Pacific region’s most successful high stakes<br />
tournament specialists.<br />
Steicke’s commodities background has<br />
proven invaluable at the tables and he made a<br />
stylish entrance to the world of tournament poker<br />
at the 2007 Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), finishing 3rd in the US$15,000 high<br />
roller event for US$110,592. A 6th place finish in a 2008 Aussie Millions AU$1,000<br />
no limit hold’em event for over US$23,000 quickly followed.<br />
With multiple cashes in the WSOP, including a 2008 4th place finish in a<br />
US$2,000 no limit hold’em event, Steicke has gone on to final table everything<br />
from the EPT Grand Final High Roller in Monte Carlo to the WPT Warsaw High<br />
Roller and boasts career tournament earnings of over US$2.7 million.<br />
Steicke’s first significant victory came on a return trip to the Aussie Millions<br />
in 2009 which saw him take down the AU$100,000 Challenge for US$852,442.<br />
Definitely one to watch, Steicke has cashed at the Aussie Millions every year<br />
since 2008 with multiple AU$100,000 Challenge results and Main Event cashes<br />
in addition to final table appearances in several side events.<br />
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